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Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas Scientific name definitions

Iris Heynen, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 11, 2017

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Recommended Citation

Heynen, I., P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.giahum1.01